Ryuichi Kihara

Ryuichi Kihara
Kihara/Miura at the 2024 World Championships
Native name木原 龍一
Born (1992-08-22) August 22, 1992 (age 32)
Ichinomiya, Aichi
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Figure skating career
Country Japan
PartnerRiku Miura (since 2019)
Miu Suzaki (2015–2019)
Narumi Takahashi (2013–2015)
CoachBruno Marcotte
Meagan Duhamel
Skating clubKinoshita Club
Began skating1996
Event Gold medal – first place Silver medal – second place Bronze medal – third place
Olympic Games 0 1 0
World Championships 1 2 0
Four Continents Championships 1 1 0
Grand Prix Final 1 0 0
Japan Championships 5 1 1
World Team Trophy 0 0 2
Medal list
"" Olympic Games ""
Silver medal – second place 2022 Beijing Team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Saitama Pairs
Silver medal – second place 2022 Montpellier Pairs
Silver medal – second place 2024 Montreal Pairs
Four Continents Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Colorado Springs Pairs
Silver medal – second place 2024 Shanghai Pairs
Grand Prix Final
Gold medal – first place 2022–23 Turin Pairs
Japan Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013–14 Saitama Pairs
Gold medal – first place 2014–15 Nagano Pairs
Gold medal – first place 2017–18 Tokyo Pairs
Gold medal – first place 2018–19 Osaka Pairs
Gold medal – first place 2019–20 Tokyo Pairs
Silver medal – second place 2016–17 Osaka Pairs
Bronze medal – third place 2015–16 Sapporo Pairs
World Team Trophy
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Osaka Team
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Tokyo Team

Ryuichi Kihara (木原 龍一, Kihara Ryūichi, born August 22, 1992) is a Japanese pair skater. With his skating partner, Riku Miura, he is the 2023 Worlds champion, two-time World silver medalist (2022, 2024), the 2023 Four Continents champion, the 2024 Four Continents silver medalist, the 2022–23 Grand Prix Final champion, a three-time ISU Grand Prix gold medalist, the 2021 CS Autumn Classic champion, and the 2020 Japanese national champion. They also are silver medalists in the team event at the 2022 Winter Olympics.[a]

He previously competed with Narumi Takahashi and Miu Suzaki, representing Japan at the 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics, respectively.

As a singles skater, he is a two-time bronze medalist on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series and the 2010–11 Japanese Junior silver medalist.
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